LO2 Production Roles

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Production roles

As a group we were fair and took turns on different production roles. We were all directors at different scenes. I was the Camera operator for the scene where Aisha is studying and Minha was the Director. Warda was the actress. Minha was the Camera operator and I was the Director for the scene where Sidra and Aisha have a short conversation about Aisha getting marriage. We all edited different parts of our video such as I added the title and minha put the short videos in order.

Scene 1: (When Aisha is lying dead on the floor)

Warda: Actress

Sabeena: Director

Minha: Camera operator

Scene 2: (Aisha studying in sixth form and her phone keeps vibrating)

Warda: Actress

Sabeena: Camera operator

Minha: Director

Scene 3: (Aisha walks into her house)

Minha: Director

Sabeena: Camera operator

Warda: Actress

LO2 Camera set ups

LO2 Story board

LO2 Risk Assessment

Risks
The weather

What could cause this harm?
Rain, wind and hail stones can occur.

Subject to harm

Actors/ actresses on set. If  it randomly rains while we are shooting outside this can damage the equipment.

How much harm can be caused?
This can cause a lot of damage to the equipment (the camera)

What are the chances of this harm happening?
There is a high likely chance of this accident taking place while we are shooting because of the season
How to prevent this risk
We can prevent this by keeping umbrella’s, raincoats and protective water proof bags to store the equipment in.

Risks
Stairs

What could cause this harm?
The actor/ actresses might fall on the stairs as there might be a spillage on one of the steps and because of this they might slip

Subject to harm

This can harm the camera crew and also other members of staff working on this shoot including the actors and actresses.

This can cause some serious damage. This can bruise fracture and also break a bone if the person falls from a higher step.

How much harm can be caused?
This can cause a lot of harm to the person on the stairs and also anyone else who might be walking underneath them on the stairs.

What are the chances of this harm happening?
There is a low likely chance of this happening.

How to prevent this risk
To prevent this from happening we can keep a mop on the set in case of any spillage.

LO2 Recce photoes of our chosen locations

Locations we chose for our single camera production.

This is the hallway we chose to have Aisha rush in for scene two. We shot scene two here.

This is the location we shot the car accident scene in.

This is the room where we shot the Aisha's studying scene.

This is another picture of the location where Aisha was sat studying in front of the multi colored lockers.

This is the entrance to the house, this is Aisha's home in the film. We shot the scene where she goes home in this location.

We chose these stairs to shoot the scene where Aisha is going home.

LO2 Casting photographs and justifications

Casting photographs and justifications (auditions and choices)

Casting auditions for Aisha ( main character)

Name: Sarah Jeena
Sarah is a struggling actress who has auditioned for the role of our main character Aisha. we sat down as a group and saw her acting. the reason we did not choose her for the role of Aisha is because she is not confident enough. We went through our story board with her and she did not seem very comfortable with some of the scenes.

Name: Sonbul
Sonbul was one of the actresses who auditioned for the role of Aisha (Our main character). We as a group saw her acting and decided she was not the right person to do Aisha as her acting was not good enough.

Name: Amirah
 Amirah is another Actress who has also auditioned for the role of Aisha. During the audition we made her act out one of the scenes from our script. Amirah's acting was not what we were expecting so unfortunately we couldn't take her on for the role of Aisha.

Name: Warda
We decided to keep Warda for the role of Aisha As she is optimistic, confident, full of energy and perfect for the role of Aisha. During the audition we made her act out a scene from our script and her acting was perfect.

LO2 Character Profiles

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Characters Profiles

Aisha Abdullah

Aisha is a hardworking optimistic character who loves her family and agrees to everything her mother and father say. In Step In to the Light Aisha is shown as a depressed stressed out upset teenage girl as she is fed up and tired of trying. She is 18 years old girl from an African background.

Sidra Abdullah

Sidra is Aisha’s Mother she is a strict typical African mother who is pushy. She perfectly fits into the stereo type of a African Muslim parent. She is 35 years old and got married to Hakim when she was 18 years old, this is why she is so determined to get Aisha married off at a young age.

Hakim Abdullah

Hakim Abdullah is a 44 year old man who is Aisha’s father and also Sidra’s Husband who is a really strict religious African father who does not like Aisha socialising or even studying.  

LO2 Props List

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Props List

Props	Price	Purchase/ Hired
Camera	£400.00	Purchased
Tripod	£54.04	Purchased
Indoor plants	£20.00	Purchased
Paper (Writing Pad)	£2.99	Purchased
Stationary	£7.90	Purchased
Mobile Phone (Blackberry)	£80.00	Purchased
Costumes (Outfits)	£100.00	Purchased
Car	£150.00	Hired for one day
House	£75.00	Hired for one day
	Total: £889.93

LO2 Script

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Script

Scene 1:

Aisha’s body is lying on the pavement, with blood on the floor next to her body.  The camera zooms out of her body and shows the sky.

                                (The screen fades to Black)

Location: On a road in Foleshill

Props: The car, the camera, Tripod and the main character Aisha’s clothes and bag.

Scene 2: 

 Aisha's stressed out and someone keeps calling her in school, she gets upset and decides not to answer the calls. In this scene she is sat at a table studying.

Location: This is set in Sidney Stringer School’s 6th form.

Props: Table, Chairs, indoor plants, books, paper, stationary, mobile phone and Aisha’s Outfit.

Scene 3:

 Aisha is walking home in the dark as soon as she gets into her house Aisha and her mother have a talk about her getting married.

Mother (Sidra): you got me all excited, teenagers like you! There married, there married and have two kid. What are you looking at me like that? Listen I'm being serious Aisha, like seriously you should get married I have the perfect idea of a beautiful marriage. You need to have a sustained, you need to be in a new environment, your old enough and I think that you’re ready.

Aisha: Mum don't OK I want to stay in education, I want to make something of my life, please don’t get me married off at this age, please I'm begging you.  

Location: This scene has been shot in Foleshill in a hired house, in the living room.

Props: Mother (Sidra) Clothes, Aisha (Our main character) Clothes, Camera, Tripod, Curtains, sofa and pillows.

Scene 4:

In this scene Aisha is worried about how her father is going to return from Africa in two days with a wedding proposal, she is scared and does not want to get married so she  decides to storm off to her friends, she runs out of the house and as she is running away from her house she tries to cross the main road, without looking at what’s coming towards her…

The car knocks Aisha over, and the camera fades away while you can hear a faint scream in the back and the screen turns Black indicating the ending of the story.

Location: This will be shot in Foleshill near Foleshill road.

Props: The car, Aisha’s Clothes, the camera and the Tripod.

Dairy log:

I brainstormed the main idea on my mind map from that we came up with the script together I wrote the effects, shots, props, location and wrote the wedding conversation between the mother (Sidra) and her daughter (Aisha).

LO2 Synopsis

Overview

Our single camera drama is called “stepping into the light”. Our target audience is teenagers’ especially teenage girls as we feel they will be able to relate to the drama, and this will be the main factor that will attract our audience. This drama may also attract parents as it will broaden their understanding of how their decisions can affect their children’s lives.

There are 3 main subjects to our single camera production.

1.     Decision making- in our story both the main character and the sub character are put in to situations where they have to make decisions that have a major affect on not only their lives but on the lives of the people they love.

2.     Forced marriage- in our drama our main character is being forced in to marriage at a very young age without her consent

3.     Life is short- the sudden death of our main character at the end leave the message to our audience saying ‘life is short so treasure every moment’. Tomorrow may never come

Our Drama uses todrov’s theory to set the format of the story therefore it has:

1.    Equilibrium

Our story starts with a girl called Aisha who is a who is an only child from a strict but loving family. She is a normal teenage girl however she has a secret she hides from her parents. She is suffering from cyber bullying however is too scared to share her problem with her parents.

2.    Disruption of Equilibrium

One unfortunate day her parents receive a call which leaves them a little upset. They then receive a letter through the post containing pictures of Aisha. Aisha’s father is furious when he sees the pictures. He decided the only right thing to do in such a situation is to get Aisha married, so she can start a fresh new life elsewhere.

3.    Recognition Of The Disruption

It comes to Aisha’s attention that her parents are upset .she finds out that her parents have heard about her being cyber bullied. She feels extremely embarrassed, however she knows what her parents must be planning and she decides that she need to talk to them and persuade them otherwise.

4.    Attempt To Repair The Damage

Aisha sits down with her parents and tries to explain how she wishes to study further and go to university. She tries to explain how she wants to build her career and she is not ready for marriage.  Her father tells her she has no say. He will decide when she is to marry.  This leads to a big argument between her and her parents.

5.    New Equilibrium

Aisha gets upset and runs out of the door. Her parents run out to the door after her. Just as she is about to run across the road she is hit by a car. This leads to Aisha’s death.

The main points that the audience will leave thinking about is how it is not right to force your decisions on to others. Instead we should sit down and discuss the best method to resolving such problems. And the second is how life is short and nothing in life should be taken for granted not even life itself.

LO2 Treatment

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Treatment

After great thought we have decided to name our single camera production “stepping into the light”. The reason we have decided to use this title is because we feel this title really suits the main concept of our story which is to break through all your boundaries and to stand your ground for what you really believe in. Our story is about an 18 year old girl, who is facing a lot of difficulties in life. Like all teenagers she is struggling to keep her family life, personal life, social life, and school life in balance. We want to make a realist drama, and we want to make this as realistic as possible as we feel this is a situation most teenager can relate to.

Characters

Our main character is a girl called Aisha, who is a bubbly, full of life character. Generally a nice girl, who wants to live her life to the full, however has a bad attitude towards her parent, who she believes are holding her back from her dreams and desires.  

Our second character is Aisha’s mother Sidra, who is a very quiet and shy character. She has never really had a say in her own life or in the life of her daughter. Her husband Hakim has always made the decisions and Sidra has always obeyed. Hakim is very controlling and Sidra has never had the courage to question him.

Our drama is set in an African household. We want to portray a different perspective to what our audience would generally expect to see, as we believe this would be more effective on our audience, and will increase the level of interest our audience show toward our single camera production. We have also decided to put a little twist to our climax to make our drama a bit more dramatic so our audience are left asking to see what happens next. The main message we want to give to our audience is the life is very precious, so treasure every moment you have 

Target Audience

We believe our single camera production will interest most age groups; however our target audience is teenagers as we believe teenagers can relate more strongly to our drama than any other age group. We believe the best time slot for our drama would be between 7.30pm and 8.30pm as most teenagers would be more likely to be relaxing at home around this time. We would like this to be broadcasted on BBC as they are not biased. 

LO2 My Visual Mood board

LO2 Our Idea being developed

LO2 My Individual idea

LO1 Task 5

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Analysis of ‘My Murder’ TV Drama serial

My Murder is a Crime drama based on a true story about a teenage boy lured in to his death by the girl he liked. My Murder is a single camera production serial. In My Murder the voice over start before showing the dead body and because of this all attentions on the voice. 

When it shows the Cloth on the washing line it starts off silent, leaving the viewer confused about what it’s about. When the cloth blows away with the wind it shows the body just lying on the floor then the voice over starts and says “A young black boys been stabbed” right before they do a close up of his face and show the audience who that is on the floor.

The camera shows a close up of his head, while he’s lying on the floor struggling to move and the voice over saying “He looks about 14 or 15” this makes the audience want to watch more because they want to know what’s happened to him.

Next shot is a long shot over a women’s shoulder through a window and you can still see him struggling on the floor, while the voice over carries on so you know that’s the person who made the phone call and she’s the one talking about him.

The cameras on the floor next to him slowly zooming out of a medium close up of his head while he struggles and the voice over carries on and he starts breathing really loud making the audience feel more sympathy towards him.

In the next scene the camera is panning across a field with him walking while the voice over which is his voice is telling us about him and his life. The camera stops following him once he crosses the road. The next shot starts straight away they have left no gaps between the shots.

The camera is recording from the behind the gate; this makes the audience feel like it’s not a very friendly environment to be in, the gates are like a warning to stay out. The cameras handheld and the camera man is walking behind shakilus to show his journey and also to emphasise more on the horrible area he’s in.

One of Shakilus’s friends starts fighting with his and the cameras still hand held and is moving around during the fight. This gets the audience to feel like their more involved in this scene as it gives it a more realistic feel.

LO1 Task 4

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Task 4- Compare and Contrast

Eastenders is a prime example of realist drama. It revolves around a group of people and their everyday lives. Therefore audience feel they can relate to different character and different situations. Each episode of Eastenders has its own new twist which continues on to the next episode. This is the main factor about Eastenders that keeps its audience hooked.  The main location for Eastenders is a place known as Albert Square in London. Most of the scenes are set in different parts of Albert Square such as the Queen Vitoria Pub, club, and the homes of different fictional characters. As Eastenders is a realist drama audience emotionally connect to different characters. Each character is either loved or hated by the audience for the decisions they make or secrets they hide.

Doctor Who is a fantasy based anti-realist drama. It is base around the theory of co-existing parallel universes. Every new episode of Doctor Who is set in a universe which is different to the universe shown in the previous episode and the characters use different fictional gadgets as props to survive in the different universe. The director uses flashbacks at the end of every episode to allow the audience to understand what has happened previously. Another interesting fact about Doctor Who is that the Writer has used both fictional characters such as the Doctor, as well as non fictional characters like Daleks.

To be honest there are many differences between Eastenders and Doctor Who. However the main difference is the fact that Eastenders is a Realist Drama, which discusses realistic issues that the audience can relate. On the other hand Doctor Who is an anti-realist drama, which is created by the writers imagination to entertain the imagination of the audience using ideas like co-existing parallel universes, time travel, aliens, and fishes swimming trough the sky.